Particulate air pollution from wildfires in the Western US under
... which populations will experience increased smoke exposure. It is not clear, for example, how wildfires will affect human health in remote regions of the western US. There is thus a need to understand on relevant spatial scales how levels of PM2.5 generated specifically from wildfires affect present ...
... which populations will experience increased smoke exposure. It is not clear, for example, how wildfires will affect human health in remote regions of the western US. There is thus a need to understand on relevant spatial scales how levels of PM2.5 generated specifically from wildfires affect present ...
1 UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE
... In June 1992 the Republic of the Marshall Islands joined world leaders and citizens of 176 countries at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, in signing the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC). This instrument was designed to start the process of controlling emissions of greenho ...
... In June 1992 the Republic of the Marshall Islands joined world leaders and citizens of 176 countries at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, in signing the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC). This instrument was designed to start the process of controlling emissions of greenho ...
A Practitioner`s Guide to Climate Change Adaptation
... uncertainty of human behaviour and associated greenhouse gas emission rates and magnitudes, it is not known by precisely how much. Generally, the average global temperature is projected to warm 1.1 to 6.4oC1 during the next century, with land areas warming more than the oceans and higher latitudes w ...
... uncertainty of human behaviour and associated greenhouse gas emission rates and magnitudes, it is not known by precisely how much. Generally, the average global temperature is projected to warm 1.1 to 6.4oC1 during the next century, with land areas warming more than the oceans and higher latitudes w ...
Climate change prediction over complex areas: spatial variability of
... information suitable for management purposes, led to the application of different downscaling techniques, such as statistical downscaling (Trigo and Palutikof, 2001; Prudhome et al., 2002; Diaz-Nieto and Wilby, 2005), or dynamical downscaling by means of Regional Climate Models (RCMs) (Giorgi and Me ...
... information suitable for management purposes, led to the application of different downscaling techniques, such as statistical downscaling (Trigo and Palutikof, 2001; Prudhome et al., 2002; Diaz-Nieto and Wilby, 2005), or dynamical downscaling by means of Regional Climate Models (RCMs) (Giorgi and Me ...
Spending adaptation money wisely: Working Paper 37 (opens in new window)
... The debate about climate change finance so far has been as much about trust as it has been about finance – or more accurately, about the lack of trust. The protracted Convention negotiations under the Bali Action Plan (agreed in December 2007) have devoted much time and energy to the discussion of p ...
... The debate about climate change finance so far has been as much about trust as it has been about finance – or more accurately, about the lack of trust. The protracted Convention negotiations under the Bali Action Plan (agreed in December 2007) have devoted much time and energy to the discussion of p ...
Adaptive Thermoregulation in Endotherms May
... Bennett 1984; Choi et al. 1998), and while it appears qualitatively that the thermal breadth of muscle performance increases as the level of heterothermy expressed by a species increases, explicit tests are still needed to verify this conclusion (Angilletta et al. 2010). Other functions, such as imm ...
... Bennett 1984; Choi et al. 1998), and while it appears qualitatively that the thermal breadth of muscle performance increases as the level of heterothermy expressed by a species increases, explicit tests are still needed to verify this conclusion (Angilletta et al. 2010). Other functions, such as imm ...
thirsty country: climate change and drought in
... deficiencies that have occurred for three months or more. A rainfall deficiency is considered ‘serious’ when rainfall is in the lowest 5-10 percent of the full range of rainfall amounts, from the very lowest to the very highest, for the period measured, and ‘severe’ when rainfall is in the lowest 0- ...
... deficiencies that have occurred for three months or more. A rainfall deficiency is considered ‘serious’ when rainfall is in the lowest 5-10 percent of the full range of rainfall amounts, from the very lowest to the very highest, for the period measured, and ‘severe’ when rainfall is in the lowest 0- ...
Understanding Climate Change: Lesson Plans for
... Correlation does not imply causation because other unmeasured factors may be having an effect on one or both variables. A causative relationship between two variables can only be established by either proving or disproving a hypothesis using the scientific method. When we observe a systematic patter ...
... Correlation does not imply causation because other unmeasured factors may be having an effect on one or both variables. A causative relationship between two variables can only be established by either proving or disproving a hypothesis using the scientific method. When we observe a systematic patter ...
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... climate and other exogenous variables as explanatory variables. However, China possesses neither a functioning free market for agricultural land nor for water resources, so that all methods analyzing variables such as land rent or land value of regular farm land and of water areas are inherently pro ...
... climate and other exogenous variables as explanatory variables. However, China possesses neither a functioning free market for agricultural land nor for water resources, so that all methods analyzing variables such as land rent or land value of regular farm land and of water areas are inherently pro ...
Malaysia`s First National Communication
... efforts in addressing the causes and impacts of climate change, and the various strategies that have been and will continue to be pursued, within the overall sustainable development framework, to achieve national development goals while meeting our commitments under the Convention. Malaysia’s net gr ...
... efforts in addressing the causes and impacts of climate change, and the various strategies that have been and will continue to be pursued, within the overall sustainable development framework, to achieve national development goals while meeting our commitments under the Convention. Malaysia’s net gr ...
CLIMATE CHANGE State Should Further Improve Its Reporting on Financial Support
... on countries that received funding for that fiscal year. You asked us to review aspects of the assistance the United States provided to address its FSF commitment under the Framework Convention. This report examines (1) the extent to which the United States contributed to FSF and the types of activi ...
... on countries that received funding for that fiscal year. You asked us to review aspects of the assistance the United States provided to address its FSF commitment under the Framework Convention. This report examines (1) the extent to which the United States contributed to FSF and the types of activi ...
Carbon Emissions and Economic Growth
... We will leave these econometric issues aside however and instead focus on the fact that the overwhelming majority of empirical CKC studies use domestic production-based CO2 emissions data to test the Kuznets hypothesis—and hence overlook the emissions embodied in international trade and in global co ...
... We will leave these econometric issues aside however and instead focus on the fact that the overwhelming majority of empirical CKC studies use domestic production-based CO2 emissions data to test the Kuznets hypothesis—and hence overlook the emissions embodied in international trade and in global co ...
Invited Commentary A simple framework for evaluating regional
... Tier 3 : This third tier is a more detailed quantitative assessment to establish the magnitude and probability of the consequences of a changing climate and hence future risk for particular locations. This level of approach requires models that represent all relevant processes and parameter values a ...
... Tier 3 : This third tier is a more detailed quantitative assessment to establish the magnitude and probability of the consequences of a changing climate and hence future risk for particular locations. This level of approach requires models that represent all relevant processes and parameter values a ...
The carbon jigsaw AccountAncy futures
... Bank Chief Economist, Sir Nicholas Stern, to investigate the economic impacts and potential policy responses to climate change. The resulting report focused primarily on the impacts of climate change on growth and development, the economics of stabilisation, the policy responses for both climate cha ...
... Bank Chief Economist, Sir Nicholas Stern, to investigate the economic impacts and potential policy responses to climate change. The resulting report focused primarily on the impacts of climate change on growth and development, the economics of stabilisation, the policy responses for both climate cha ...
Dis full and final - University of Otago
... discussion. At this conference, the Paris Agreement1 was drafted; an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change2 (UNFCCC), aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions to reduce global warming.3 While France’s foreign minister Laurant Fabius stated that this agreement ...
... discussion. At this conference, the Paris Agreement1 was drafted; an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change2 (UNFCCC), aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions to reduce global warming.3 While France’s foreign minister Laurant Fabius stated that this agreement ...
Climate Change Corrections - Florida Department of Environmental
... The question for Floridians is not whether they will be affected by global warming, but how much—that is, to what degree it will continue, how rapidly, what other climate changes will accompany the warming, and what the longterm effects of these changes will be. Florida is particularly vulnerable to ...
... The question for Floridians is not whether they will be affected by global warming, but how much—that is, to what degree it will continue, how rapidly, what other climate changes will accompany the warming, and what the longterm effects of these changes will be. Florida is particularly vulnerable to ...
The role of mineral-dust aerosols in polar temperature amplification
... The strong polar response to relatively small global concentration changes highlighted in this study with mineral-dust aerosols may also apply to other aerosols such as black carbon and sulphates, which have their own impact on polar climate. The case of LGM dust shows that a moderate global aerosol ...
... The strong polar response to relatively small global concentration changes highlighted in this study with mineral-dust aerosols may also apply to other aerosols such as black carbon and sulphates, which have their own impact on polar climate. The case of LGM dust shows that a moderate global aerosol ...
Using expert knowledge to assess uncertainties in future polar bear
... and, in particular stochastic population viability analysis (PVA), have been used most extensively to determine the likelihood of a decline in polar bear subpopulations in the future (Aars, Lunn & Derocher 2006). However, the projection of polar bear population dynamics under climate warming is an e ...
... and, in particular stochastic population viability analysis (PVA), have been used most extensively to determine the likelihood of a decline in polar bear subpopulations in the future (Aars, Lunn & Derocher 2006). However, the projection of polar bear population dynamics under climate warming is an e ...
Climate change: hydrological impact studies
... In most climate impact studies the hydrological regime of a river is regarded as the result of time-varying changes in the general water balance of the upstream basin: runoff Q can be expressed as Q = P – E S, where P = amount of precipitation, E = amount of evapotranspiration and S = change in ...
... In most climate impact studies the hydrological regime of a river is regarded as the result of time-varying changes in the general water balance of the upstream basin: runoff Q can be expressed as Q = P – E S, where P = amount of precipitation, E = amount of evapotranspiration and S = change in ...
Climate response to imposed solar radiation reductions in high
... such impacts, the potential that climate engineering could play a role has been raised (Khan et al., 2001; Lane et al., 2007). While Arctic cooling could be accomplished as part of global-scale climate engineering (Govindasamy and Caldeira, 2000; Rasch et al., 2008b, 2009), global climate engineerin ...
... such impacts, the potential that climate engineering could play a role has been raised (Khan et al., 2001; Lane et al., 2007). While Arctic cooling could be accomplished as part of global-scale climate engineering (Govindasamy and Caldeira, 2000; Rasch et al., 2008b, 2009), global climate engineerin ...
Cost Benefit Analysis Tool and Guidance
... 2015). Applications exist for adaptation, see for instance AIACC (2006), that primarily use scenario-based impact assessment to appraise measures, estimating baseline damage costs then applying CBA to appraise responses under alternative climatic and socio-economic futures. Although CBA is widely us ...
... 2015). Applications exist for adaptation, see for instance AIACC (2006), that primarily use scenario-based impact assessment to appraise measures, estimating baseline damage costs then applying CBA to appraise responses under alternative climatic and socio-economic futures. Although CBA is widely us ...
Regulation on Carbon Emission Trading Pricing-to-Market: Based on
... organs to invest carbon markets, America’s government encourage the entity to transact in the on-site exchange by means of signing voluntary contracts. In view of social responsibilities and cultural brand, enterprises are bind to legal reduction of carbon emissions by concluding contracts with Amer ...
... organs to invest carbon markets, America’s government encourage the entity to transact in the on-site exchange by means of signing voluntary contracts. In view of social responsibilities and cultural brand, enterprises are bind to legal reduction of carbon emissions by concluding contracts with Amer ...